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No. 818,235. l PATENTED APB. 1v, m06,

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APPLIouxox Hmm JULY 2a. 1903. mimwp msc. 7, 1905.

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No. 818,235. -PATENTBD'APR.17, 1906.

I. S. DEMENT.

, REGISTER.V v APPLIOATIQN HLEDJULY 28. '1903. BENBWED DBO. "1', 1905.

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, PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

I. S.. DEMENT.

REGISTER.

APPLICATION Hmm 'JULY 2s. 1903. Mmmm DB0. 7, 1905.

7 SHEETS-SHEBT No. 818,235. ATENTBD APR .17, 1906. I. s. DBMBNT.

y RB'GlSTBR. APPLIGTION FILED JULY 28. 1903. RENEWBD DEO.7,1905.

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A PATBNTBD ABR. 17, 19.06.- I. s. DBMENT,

REGISTER.

APPLIGATON YILEDI JULY 28. 1903. RENEWED DE() 7, 1905.

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` .To all whom, it may concern,.-

va plan view of a portion narran 'STATES PORATION OF NEW YORK.

PATENT OFFICE."- ISAAC S.y DEMENT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW CAN MECHANICAL CASHIER COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACOR- 'REGISTEF'Lv `Be it known that I, ISAAC S. DEMENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of ew Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful .Improvementsin Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in registers; and one of its objects is to provide for accumulating from lower to higher denominations by means of o erating devices controlling the register-sha ts, so that there will be a positive progression with the least possible friction and uncertainty of operation.

A further object of. the invention is to provide means for resetting the register-shafts to zero after` they have been operated for a given period of time or when it is so desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure -1 is of the keyboard and register embodying the invention, the keys and certain of the other parts being omitted.

. vfor resetting to Fig. 2'is a partial-similar view, on an enlarged scale; but in this the parts are broken away for convenience of showing other parts whichy would be hidden thereby. Figs. 3 and 4 show in transverse sectional elevation and in v normal and shifted position, respectively, the

register dials operating mechanism and parts of its controlling mechanism. viewof the register-dials, shafts, and carrying mechanism. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation in the plane indicated by the line 6 6 of Fig. 1 of the same mechanism; and Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1, the view being taken in the opposite direction from Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view of the register-dials and a portion of the means for resetting thesame to zero. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional elevation of the means Zero. Fig. 10 is a face view of i a portion of the machine, showing the arrangement of the register-dials. an elevation of v the dial-sh ft-actuating ratchet-wheel and Vcontiguous mechanism. Fig. 12 is a side view of the actuating-cam of the carrying mechanism. Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are detailvviews of the resettnrg mechanism for the carrying devices.

A stationary frame for the movable parts of the machine is indicated at 1. On the dials 2 are arranged the numerals for the registration of purchases made in any desired Specicaton of Letters Patent. t Y l Application filed July 28, 1903. Renewed December 7.

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system of coinage. For example, in the present lnstance and referring to Fig. 10, the

dial at thel extreme right hand may represent farthings, count-ing from'f1 to 3. y The next dial to the left may represent pence, countmgthe same from 1 to 11. The

next two dials may represent the units and tens of shillings, and the three dials to the extreme left may represent units, tens, and hun'- dreds of pounds. In each instance the indicating-figure showing the temporary total of amounts are shown through holes 3 in the face of the machine. These dials are mounted upon shafts 4, (see Figs. 1 and 8,) which are driven by pinions 5. With these pinions the teeth on the under side of controller rackbars 6 engage. Each pinion 5 has attached to it a ratchet-wheel 7, and the two wheels revolve freely upon the shafts 4 between wheels or collars 8 9. Upon collar 9, however, is a pawl 10, (see Figs. 5 and 11,) springpressed against the `ratchet-wheel 7 by a f spring 11. The resultL of this construction is that when the bar 6 is thrown outwardthat is, in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1-it the ratchet-wheel 7 will run freely under the pawl .16; but when vfthe bar 6 is pressed backward in a direction contrary to the arrow of Fig. l the pawl 10, engaging the ratchetvheel 7, is rotated by the same, carrying with it the collar 9, which being iixed to shaft 4 rotates the latter and with it its registering-dial 2. in the present drawings there are indicated merely the stop-Y JERSEY, ASSIGN O/R TO AMERIJ plates 12, whose lugs 13 are moved into the path of the shoulders upon bars 6 when the oscillating yokes 14 are oscillated by the keyboard-keys. (Not shown.) 'These yokes 14 engage teeth- 15 on the stop-plates 12, so that when a yoke is oscillated the stop-plate which it engages is forced in a line transverse to the bars 6, bringing its lug 13 (see Fig. 2) across the line of motion of the shoulder 16 of bars 6.

The bar 6 is held in normal fposition by means of an oscillating lock-plate 17, which has a lip 18 engaging the shoulder 16, andthe lock 17 is oscillated by the lug 13 to free the shoulder 16 from the lip .18 i guide-groove 19 of bar 6, as shown in Fig. 2. When so released, the bar 6 springs outthat is, in the direction of the arrow, F 1- until its shoulder 16 abuts against the lng 13 on'stop-plate 12, and the extent of its movewhen it enters the ment will depend, therefore, upon which one of the stop-plates'.12-hasbeen operated, andtherefore upon Whichone of the yokes 14 has been operated by its corresponding key. By

referring to Fig. 1 it-will benoticed that each stop-plate 12 is provided with a tooth 15, which is adapted to be -engaged by one of the oscillating yokes 14. Thus when a yoke is oscillated by one of the keyboard-keys, it will engage the stop-plate tooth 15 and move said stop-plate forward to operatively control a bar 6. The movement of any one of the' stop- 2 5f lowest to highest denomination when said -rack-bars are beingreset to control the registershafts and dials. The extent of the return motion of the bars 6' to normal is determined by shoulders 21 thereon engagingv a shoulder 22: When these two shoulders have come into engagement in the normal operation of the machine, as shown at the bottom of Fi 2, the bar-6 is at rest, 'and it will be held lWard by thel rengagement of the lip 18 of lock -17 behind the shoulder 16. The propeiling-force of the bars 6 outward is a spring 23, (indicated'in'detail in Figi 3,) which is fastened atone end by abar 6 and-at the -4o other end to a'stationary part ofthe machine'- framea A s ring 24 also acts to cause the en- 'gagement'o lock 17 18 with the shoulder 16.

Theouter end of the bar 6 has a hingedmember 25, which is held to vertical position by .spring 26 of sufficient strength to resist any 'ndency of the face-piece 25 to turn about 'ot 27 when the rack-bar is forced in by eratingcam. When, however, the e., .2

22 on the stop 28, the spring 26 will ya c, yflowing the face-piece 25 to turn upon 'i .its pivot 27'- and allow the cam to move from engagement therewith. the-stop 28 be shifted so that the shoulder 22 is no longer in line with the shoulder'21, as shown in the second'bar from the bottom of Fig. 2, the face-piece y being held by its Vspring 26, still in engagement with the operating-cam, the rackar will on lthe continuation of rotation of the cam be-forced another step farther in until it engages the second sh0ulder29 on stop 28. AThus the bar 6 can 'be given at times amotion equivalent tothe distance between the two shoulders 22 29 1n A `6 5 addition to the normal motion provided for om being again projected for-l 1 on lthe rack-bar engages the Should, however,

I b he outward projection of the bar. A This e` tra motion, which is equivalent to the turning of the register-dial from one figure to the next following one, is given in the carrying operation-*that is to say, when one dial has 7o counted up Vto a number one less than the amount indicated byfa single unit on the next dial the next following operation of thelower dial will-cause the setting of mechan- 1sm causing a single step forward of the up- 75 per dial. Sup ose, for example, the righthand dial of ig. 10, which is intended for `counting farthings, indicates 3, its next forward step should set mechanism .which will cause the rotation ofthe second dial 'at a single unit; To effect this operation, it is necessary to shift the stop-plate 28, 'as' already described, and for this purpose there are providedl upon the dial-shafts 4 camwheels 8, having cams or teeth 3,1,y one'or 85 more in number, depending on the number of duplications ofthe unit of measurement there are upon the dial. For example, sup pose there be three sets of figures from 1 to 3 on the farthings-dial, there would be 9o three cam-teeth 31 upon the cam-wheel 8, so that each time the dial moves from f 3 to l its tooth 31 will cause the operation of the carrying mechanism. The tooth 31 is arranged to strike an arm 32, projecting 95 from 4a rock-shaft 33, to which the stop plate or piece 28 is fixed (see Fig. 6) by its' arms 34. The spring 35, fastened at one end to one of the arms 34 lof stop-piece 28 and at its other Aend to a stationary part of the machineframe, tends to hold and return stop-piece 28 into the position shown at the bottom of Fig. 2-t`nat is to say, the position in which the shoulders 21 and 22 engage.

36 represents dogs pivoted upon the stop- 105 pieces 28 at 37 and dropping under the combine'd influence of gravity and springs 38 behind shoulders 39 on a stationary stop-plate 40 when the stop-piece 28 is rocked by one of the cam-teeth 31. This combination is vexhibited on the bar next above the bottom in Fig. 2-that is to say, the stop-piece 28 has been rocked so that its shoulder 22 no longer engages the shoulder 21, this condition being caused by the corresponding cam-tooth 31I 115 engaging the arm 32 of the rock-.shaft 33 of stop-piece 28. The extent ,to which the d og 36 will fall is limited by a stop-'pin 41, which'- engages the flat surface of stationary stopplate 40. In this position of the parts when IOO IIO

` the bar 6 is forced in by its operating-cam its shoulder 21 will not be stopped b engagement with the shoulder 22, but wi l pass on into engagement with theshoulder 29, and thus the additional counting-step 1s made on theregister. -lt is, of course, understood that the stop-piece 28 of any bar is operated by thecam-tooth 31 of the next lower'reglster dialfshaft.

When the bar 6 isV forced in'toefect the .15o

carryingjpoperation, an inclined surface 42 thereon-engages an inclined tooth 43 of dog its projecting end 44 no longer engages the shoulder of stationary stop-'plate 40, and therefore the spring 35 of the stop-piece 28 can turn the latter to its normal position.

This machine belongs to the class in which the operation of the key causes the setting of mechanism in such position that by the opor lever the registeringeration of a handle wheels are turned to count and show the total of the transactions.

key oscillating a yoke 14 causes, as already explained, the projection of alcorresponding bar 6. The rotation of the operating-handle (not shown) by rotating cams 30 then causes all bars 6 which have thrown in, counting up the result on the dials 2 and carrying from one dial-shaft to the next higher any sum in excess of the amount been projected to be j counted by a lower dial.

At stated periods as, for example, at the end of a day1t is convenient to set all the j 45, carried by -47, whi

dials to zero.

To quickly perform this, there ist-employed in this machine a handle or bar ear-wheel 47, engaging a sliding raclrbar 48, aving rack-teeth both on top and bottom. The up er rack-teeth engage the gear-wheel e the lower engage a series cf pinions 49, which are loose upon the dial-shafts 4,

- and each of which has a bevel-edged spring'- actuated pin 50.

Keyed 0r @therme exea e; each shaft a is' a wheel or block 51', chambered to receive a spring-pin 52, whose conical head 53 .engages when the dial indicates zero a correspondingly-shaped seat 54 in a part of the frame 1. When by the action of the mechanism already described thedial-shaft is turned from zero by t osition to indicate any figure counted fie machine, -the conical head 53 rides out of the seat 54 and the pin 52 is projected at its other end into the path of the springactuated pin 50. Thus when to reset the dials to zero the handle is turned, operating pinions 49, the pins 40 are all brought a ainst any pins 52 that are projecting, and a l corresponding dials are returned to -Zero. en Va register-shaftmakes more than one revolution, the pin is removed from the path of pin 52 by pin 52 engaging the bevel edge of' pin 50 and forcing it backinto its seat. It will be observed that during this operation of resetting to .zero the shafts 4, being turned forward and causing the cam-wheels 3() to revolve, may oscillate the stop-plates 28, and if the several dogs 36 should be allowed to drop such oscillated stop-'plates would be held in position to start the next The depression of a.

a short shaft 46, on which is a of resetting to zero. Referring to Figs. 13, 14, and 15, it will be seen that on shaft 46 is a cani-disk 55, having a single depression 56. On the cani-disk rides a pin or roller 57 of an arm 58, being spring 59. The arm 58 is attachedto shaft 60, which has also rigid with it a series of arms 61,-one for the heel 62 of each dog 36. When to reset the dials to zero the handle 45 is turned, the pin 57 rides out of depression 56 of cani-disk 55, forcing down arms 6l on the heels of dogs 36 and lifting said'dogs,

as shown in Fig. 15, so that their projecting ends 44 will not engage stop-plate 40.

nchor-wheels and dogs for the several sgafi 4 are indicated at 62 63.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what l claim as new therein and desire to secure b r Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts of different denominational value, a plurality of controller-bars operatively connected to the register-shafts, means for oper# ating the ycontroller-bars, devices proj ectd in the path of the controller-bars to determine the return movement of the same, and

said devices and re 1sregister-shaft of hig er means for operating ter-shafts to turn a 4vaine when the lower one passes the -zeropoint.

2. The combination of a plurality of registereshafts of different denominational value, a plurality of coiitroller-bars operatively connected to the register-shafts, means for operating the controller-bars, stop-plates in the path of the controller-bars todetermine the return movement of the saine, and means for operating said stop-plates and register-shafts to turn a register-shaft of higher value when the lower one passes the zero-point.

3. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts of different denominational value, a plurality of controller-bars operatively connected to the register-shafts, means for operating the controller-bars, oscillating stopplates in the path ofthe controller-bars to determine the return movement of the same, and means for operating said oscillating stopplates and register-shafts to turn a register-` shaft of higher value when passes the zero-point.

4. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a. plurality of controller rack-bars operatively connected to the register-shafts,

means for operatingsaid controller-bars, two shouldered oscillating stop-plates, shoulders the lower one on the bars engaging, the stopfplates to determine the limit of their return movement, and means on the register-shafts operating the stop-plates yto permit the turning of a register-shaft of higher value when the lower one passes the zero-point.

5. rPhe combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a plurality of rack-barcontrollers operatively connected tothe register-shafts,

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l sees two shouldered oscillating stop-plates engaging shoulders on the controller-bars, cams on the register-shafts, rock-shafts supporting the stop-plates, and arms on said shafts operated upon by the cams to oscillate the stopplates to determine the movement of the register-shaft of higher value if the lower one passes the zero-point.

6. The combination of a plurality of regis-` ter-shafts, a plurality 'of controller rack-bars operatively connected to the re ister-shafts, rock-shafts supporting the osci lating stopplates, cams on the register-shalts engaging l arms on the rock-shafts to operate the oscillating stop-plates, a stationary notched stopplate, dogs pivoted to the oscillating stopplates and adapted to engage the notched stop-plate and retain the oscillating stopplates in position to allow the controller rack-bars to atleet the register-shafts of higher value.

7. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a plurality oi spring-actuated controller rack-barsoperatively connected thereto, means for. determining the movement of the controller-bars when released, means for returning them to their initial position, camcontrolled oscillating stop-plates, clogging means for retaining them 1n their cam-o erated positions, and shoulders on the osci ating stolp-plates en aging shoulders on the control e -bars to etermine themovement of the register-shaft of higher value it' the lower one passes the zero-point.

8. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a plurality of controller rack-bars, two shouldered oscillating stop-plates mounted on rock-shafts and adapted to limit the return movement of the controller-bars, cams` on the register-shafts yoscillating th'e stoplates during each revolution of the registershafts to affect the oscillating stop-plate and the controller-bar oi the next higher denomination.

9. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, a plurality of controller rack-bars, cam-controlled oscillating stop-plates, a stationary stop-plate, (logging means carried by the oscillating stop-plate and adapted to ena e the stationary stop-plate to permit the controller-bars to affect, in their return movement, the register-shaft of higher value l when the lower one passes the zero-point.

f 10. The combination of a plurality of register shafts, a plurality of controller bars, oscillating stop plates engaging the controller-bars, clogging means pivoted on'tlie oscillating stop plates, a stationary sto plate en 'aged by the dogging means to ho d the oscil ating stop-plates in operative position, and a tooth on the clogging means engaging an inclined shoulder on the controllerbar to release the (logging means from the stationary stop-plate when the controllerbar is returned to its normal position.

sienes 11. The combination ofa pluralit or corrq troller-bars, a plurality of register-slime op-l erated thereby, oscillating stop-plates, dogson said plates, a stationary stop-plate engaged by said dogs, means for resetting the '7o register-shafts to zero comprising a gear-operated rack, pinions loosely mounted on the register-shafts and engaging thel rack, Hwheels fixed to the register-shafts, means for enaging the pinions and wheels, and means or preventing the dogs on the oscillating stop-plates from engaging the stationary stop-plate -during the resetting operation.

12. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, means for resetting the registershafts to zero, comprising a gear-operated rack, pinions loosely mounted on the registershafts and enga ing the rack, wheels iiXed to the register-shaits and carrying spring-actuated pins, and projections on the pinions adapted to engage the4 wheel-pins whereby the shafts will be returned to zero when the rack is operated.

13. The combination of a plurality of controller-bars, a plurality of register-shafts operated thereby, oscillating stop-plates, dogs on said stop-plates, a stationary stop-plate engaged by the dogs, a spring-actuated rockshaft operated by the reset means, arms on said rock-shaft engaging heels on the dogs to hold them out of engagement with the stationary stop-plate during the resetting operation.

14. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, means for resetting the registerme shafts comprising a gear, a rack operated thereby, inions loosely mounted on the re ister-sh ts and engaging the rack, whee s iXed to the register-shafts, means or engaging the pinions and wheels, a spring-actuated rock-shaft, and a cam on the gear operating said rock-shaft, for the purposes explained.

15. The combination of a plurality of register-shafts, means for resetting the registershafts to zero comprising a reset-shattmounted in the frame, a gear on said shaft, a rack engaged by the gear, pinions on the registershafts engaged by the rack, a' cam on the reset-shaft, and a rock-shaft operated by said cam for the purposesexpla'ined.

16. The combination of a plurality of centroller-bars, .a plurality of register-shafts operated thereby, oscillating stoplates, dogs on said stop-plates, a stationary stop-plate engaged by the dog, means for resettingd the 12o register-shafts to zero, and means for hdlding the dogs, out of engagement with the sta-- tionary stop-plate when the register-shafts are reset to zero.

17. The combination of a plurality of regr2 5 istering devices and a resetting device, the said devices provided with engaging parts consisting of yielding spring-actuated pins so arranged that in the regular registering operation the engaging parts Will'pass each other, 13o

while in the resetting operation the said pins other when the resetting device has moved will lock and the resetting device Wiil move the registering device back to its normal-po- 11o the registering device to its originalv position. sition.

18. lThe combination of a registering de- 5 vice and a resetting device provided with en l ISAAC IS' DEMENT gaging lparts consisting of yielding spring-ac- A Witnesses: -tuated pins, one of said engaging pins adapt- J. GREEN,

edto Withdraw from engagenient'with the HARRY E. KNIGHT.

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